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Hard Call

| May 16, 2024 | 84 Comments
Hard Call

You may have read last week that a young Air Force man, Roger Fortson, assigned to the 4th Special Operatons Squadron at Florida’s Hulrburt Field was shot by police after a domestic disturbance call was placed. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a disturbance between a man and woman in the apartment building, […]

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Dick Rutan into the skies one last time

| May 10, 2024 | 11 Comments
Dick Rutan into the skies one last time

You should remember Dick Rutan, the Air Force Vietnam vet who set a world record by flying around the world non-refueled and non-stop in 1985. He  died May 3rd at the age of 85. Originally a RIO in the F-101 Voodoo, he earned his pilot’s wings in 1966. Rutan served during the Vietnam War as […]

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Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding

| May 2, 2024 | 36 Comments
Jack Teixeira to face military justice proceeding

Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty to federal charges related to leaking highly classified documents. He pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act. Jack Teixeira is now going to face two charges with the military for failing to obey a lawful order and for obstructing justice. […]

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Drone Aces in the Air Force

| April 29, 2024 | 47 Comments
Drone Aces in the Air Force

Nice shooting, Stud. So does the Air Force have new aces now? The math involved in recent shootdowns of Iranian drones suggests yes. BY NICHOLAS SLAYTON The U.S. Air Force defines an “ace” as any pilot that has more than five combat kills. It’s been decades since American pilots reached that status, but that might […]

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Valor Friday

| April 5, 2024 | 15 Comments
Valor Friday

I’ve talked about several recipients of American military awards for valor who were members of allied nations (or even civilians). This includes the Medal of Honor received by Mary Edwards Walker, the Distinguished Service Cross to Virginia Hall, and most recently, my article on the DSC awarded to John Paul Vann. Today’s subject is the […]

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Valor Friday

| March 29, 2024 | 10 Comments
Valor Friday

Most of us can remember what it was like to be a young adult and in service to our country. For Jeff Brereton, he served in the RAF during WWII. As an aircraft mechanic, he worked on Hawker Hurricanes. One of the aircraft he worked on during the Blitz was a Mk I Hurricane. On […]

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Astronaut Lt Gen Thomas Stafford dies, age 93

| March 20, 2024 | 11 Comments
Astronaut Lt Gen Thomas Stafford dies, age 93

For those who grew up idolizing the trailblazers of the space race, the name Thomas Stafford will be familiar. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 2. Also in Group 2 were several other well known astronauts of the Gemini and Apollo Era (and beyond). Along with Stafford, Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim […]

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Thursday updates

| March 7, 2024 | 32 Comments
Thursday updates

Remember Jack Texeira? He was the Air Force computer tech who illicitly accessed, copied, and posted thousands of pages of classified information online. At least in chain-of-command terms, his arrest may have caused record fallout – not only was pretty much his entire chain of command relieved, even his unit was removed from the mission […]

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